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LENGTH AND AREA PARTITIONING METHODS AND APPARATUS 28 Sheets-Sheet 1GENERAL METHOD sTEPs PROGRAMMING GLASS LOCATING SIZES EE'EQ DEFECTSDETERMINING AVAILABLE WIDTHS FOR EACH PROGRAMMED LENGTH FROM LEADINGEDGE ACCORDING TO DEFECT LOCATIONS.

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LENGTH AND AREA PARTITIONING METHODS AND APPARATUS Filed Nov. 2, 1959 28Sheets-Sheet 20

1. A METHOD OF CONVERTING SHEET MATERIAL CONTAINING VARIOUSLY LOCATEDDEFECT AREAS INTO PROGRAMMED DEFECTFREE RECTANGULAR SIZES HAVINGASSIGNED VALUES WHICH COMPRISES COLLECTING THE WIDTHS OF EACH PROGRAMMEDSIZE HAVING A COMMON LENGTH, FITTING THE PROGRAMMED WIDTHS CORRESPONDINGTO EACH PROGRAMMED LENGTH ACROSS THE DEFECTFREE WIDTH SPANS OF THE SHEETAND FOR A LENGTH EQUAL TO THE CORRESPONDING PROGRAMMED LENGTH MEASUREDFROM THE LEADING EDGE OF THE SHEET, TOTALING THE VALUE OF THE PROGRAMMEDSIZES FITTED FOR EACH SUCH LENGTH, CHOOSING FOR THE FIRST CUT OF EACHCUTTING OPERATION THE PROGRAMMED LENGTH FOR WHICH THE TOTAL VALUE ISHIGHEST, SLITTING THE CHOSEN LENGTH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FITTEDPROGRAMMED WIDTHS, AND REPEATING THE PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO EACH NEWLEADING EDGE DEFINED BY THE LOCATION OF EACH FIRST CUT.